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Delia Valeri

Delia Micucci Valeri (October 4, 1870 – January 27, 1947) was an American vocal coach, born in Italy.

Delia Valeri
A woman standing outdoors, smiling, wearing a hat with a turned-up brim and a white dress with a ruffled collar and cuffs. She is holding a small bouquet of flowers.
Delia Valeri, from the Library of Congress.
BornOctober 4, 1870
Italy
DiedJanuary 27, 1947
Los Angeles, California
OccupationVocal coach

Early life edit

Delia Micucci was born in Italy, and graduated from the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.[1] She moved to the United States before 1901.

Career edit

Valeri taught voice students and opera professionals in New York and Chicago,[2] including Regina Vicarino, Maude Fay, Melanie Kurt, Margaret Matzenauer, Clara Clemens, and Frieda Hempel.[3][4][5] She worked with African-American soprano Florence Cole Talbert in Italy in the 1920s.[6][7] Her male clients included Clarence Whitehill.[8] She also provided piano accompaniment at recitals.[1]

In 1942 Valeri opened a studio in Hollywood.[8]

Personal life edit

Delia Micucci married August Valeri in New York City about 1901. They had daughters Adelaide and Rosa. In 1914, Delia Valeri won a $2000 judgment after a chronic stomach ailment she traced to a meal on a pullman car.[9][10] In 1915, August and Delia Valeri were passengers in a car with Margaret Matzenauer and her husband Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana when it was involved in a collision in New York.[11][12] Valeri died in 1947, aged 76, in Los Angeles, California.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Excellent Music at Italian Concert". The Morning Call. 1907-02-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Delia Valeri". Music News. 14: 8. February 17, 1922.
  3. ^ "Maude Fay Now at her Best". Pacific Coast Musical Review. 31: 6. March 24, 1917.
  4. ^ "Reception in Honor of Mme. Frieda Hempel". The Musical Observer. 18: 43. April 1919.
  5. ^ "California Soprano has been Coaching with Mrs. Delia Valeri". The San Francisco Examiner. 1917-03-25. p. 65. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (1992). Notable Black American Women. VNR AG. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8103-9177-2.
  7. ^ Nettles, Darryl Glenn (2003-02-20). African American Concert Singers Before 1950. McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7864-1467-3.
  8. ^ a b "Madame Delia Valeri Opens Hollywood Studio". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1942-11-21. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-11-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Jury Gives $2000 For 'Tummy Ache'". The Morning Call. 1914-12-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "News Briefs from All Parts of the Country". The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus. 1914-12-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Opera Singer Hurt in Crash". The Courier-News. 1915-04-19. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Opera Singers in Auto Crash". Times Union. 1915-04-19. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Teacher's Funeral Set". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1947-01-29. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
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